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Board chairman Raj Hundal says he's had a lot of support for the idea, especially from health experts.

But Robert Holmes of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says it's nobody's business but their own if people want to smoke outside, and such a ban would be almost unenforceable.

B.C. already has laws in place banning smoking in any indoor public areas, at bus stops and next to public doorways and windows. Vancouver also has a bylaw banning smoking on outdoor restaurant patios.